Stove.



No. 659,47I. Patented Oct. 9,1900.

G. E. FEENEY &VJ. E. SCHRDYE STOVE.

(Application Bled Dec. 14, 1899.)

(No Model.)

WITNESSES.-

UNirnD STATES *PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE E. FEENEY AND JONES E. SCHROYER, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

STOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 659,471, dated October9, 1900.

Application filed December 14. 1899. Serial No. 740,273. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Beitknown that we, GEORGE E. FEENEY and JoNns E. SoHRoYER, ofIndianapolis, county of Marion, and State of Indiana, have invented acertain new and useful Stove; and we do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals refer tolike parts.

This invention relates to a stove or furnace wherein a novel featureconsists in the arrangement and construction'of parts rthat enableseither coal or natural gas, or both simultaneously, to be burned in thestove. Where the pressure of natu ral gas is not great enough to supplythe necessary heat in cold weather, it is desirable to use coal alongwith it or to use natural gas tor a portion of the year and coal ineXtreme cold weather. To that end in this invention a ring-shapedgas-burner is employed that is set loosely upon the upper end of thefire-pot, and the gas-outlets from said burner are all downwardlyextending.

Another feature consists in so placing said ring-shaped burner withrelation to the maga- Zine ot' the stove that the coal will not pileupon the burner.

With such construction and arrangement coal and natural gas can besimultaneously used without any inconvenience or either one can beseparately used, the downwardly-extending gas-ports from the burner willnot become choked with ashes, nor will ashes till the burner, also, theilame from the burner will be directed d'own against the wall of thefire-pot and against the body of the coal until it strikes the upwarddraft through the central portion of the stove, when it will turnupward, thus diffusing itself through the coal and mixing with the airand gases in the stove and promoting better combustion of the coal andcomplete combustion of the air and gases.

The full nature of our invention will appear from the accompanyingdrawings and the description following of one form of device embodyingour said invention, and the scope of said invention will be understoodfrom the Iclaims following said description.

of Fig. 3. burner.

In detail the form of the invention as herein shown includes a base l,supported on suitable legs'2, upon which rests the ash-pit 3, providedwith a grate L A fire-pot 5 is provided within the shell and maybe inany t'orm desired. The shell 6 extends above said tire-pot, and from itsupper end the coalmagazine 7 depends.

8 is a removable top that closes the coalmagazine.

The form and construction of the portion of the stove so far describedmay be any that is desired, as it is immaterial to this invention.

Upon the upper end of the tire-pot there is placed a ring-shapedgas-burner 9, whose eX- ternal diameter is such as to enable it to tsnugly within the shell 6 and rest loosely upon the top of the tire-pot5, wherebyit can be readily removed by lifting it out of place. Saidgas-burner is preferably formed of two semicircular halves connectedbythe bolts 10, and the gas outlets or ports ll from the burner are onthe under side, extending downward vertically. Said burner is placed atsuch distance below the magazine that the coal dropping from the'magazine into the fire-pot will not cover the gas-burner, but will fallthrough the ring-shaped burner and below it. This gives free play to theflames from the gasburner upon the body of the coal below. Thus arrangedthe ames will shoot downward against the tire-pot and the body of thecoal until they come in contact with the draft up through the stove,which will turn the natural-gas flames upward through the coal. Anymeans for supplying gas to said burner under pressure may be employed;but that here shown consists of the pipe l2 from some supply of gas,having on its end the mixer 13, that causes both air and gas to passthrough the pipe 14, which is inserted, preferably, through a micaopening in the stove and turned downward, entering the upper side of thegas-burner. This arrangement provides convenient entrance for thegas-supply pipe without its coming up through the stove or interferingwith the ash-pit and enables the gas to be introduced above thefire-pot. This Fig. 3 is a bottom view of the gas IOO burner can beapplied to any heating` or cooking stove or furnace or other heat-ingapparatus, and it. can be truly circular, rectangular, 0r of other form,so long` as it extends about on top of the fire-pot, and is open toadmit coa-l to be used as conveniently as if the gasburner were not inthe stove.V

The stove herein Shown is an updraft-stove provided with a suitable flue15.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-' 1. The combination with a stove or furnace provided with a suitablefire-pot, of a gasburner extendingr along` and resting'upon the upperedge of the firepot with outlet-ports on the under side thereof, andmeans for supp lyitrgr gas t-o Said burner.

2 The combination with a stove provided with a suitable fire-pot. and acoal-magazine, of a gashurner extending along and mounted above thefire-pot and in such relation to the lower end of the coal-magazinethat. the coal therefrom will not cover the gas-burner, and means forintroducing gas into said burner.

3. The combination with a stove provided with a suitable tire-pot, of agas-burnerextending along and resting upon the upper edge of thefire-pot with outlet-ports therefrom on the under side, and a pipe for`supplyng gas to Said burner from any suitable source of supply thatenters the stove above the {ire-pot.

In witness whereof we have hereunto affixed oursignatures in thepresence ofthe witnesses herein named.

GEO. E. FEENEY. JONES E. 'SCHROYER Witnesses:

G. H. BLAKER, M. C. BUCK.

